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Fully glazed corner, dressed stone surround and a tiled génoise cornice: the new work reads as though it had always been there.

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Extensions & enlargementsin Nice

Opening a load-bearing wall, rebuilding a roof structure, grafting new work onto old stone: extending is the job that demands the most method.

Our approach

Grafting new work

A good extension is not noticed. It reads as though it had always been there: the same proportions of openings, the same stone surrounds, the same tiled génoise cornice. The new work brings the light, the old keeps the character.

Technically, everything turns on the order of operations — shoring before opening up, structure before roof covering, services before closing in. This is a job where improvising is expensive, and where project management is not optional.

The works include

  • Feasibility study and drawings
  • Shoring and opening of load-bearing walls
  • Roof structure and covering rebuilt
  • Structure: beams, lintels, fixings
  • Joinery and corner glazing
  • Insulation, services and conduit runs
  • Plasterwork, partitions and ceilings
  • Floors, exposed stone and finishes

Our projects

What it looks like

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Travertine laid, joinery fitted, the stone wall and the original shutters kept: new and old answer each other in the same room.
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The original wall stays exposed inside, with its timber lintel and green shutters.
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The corner glazing seen from the balcony, aligned on the original shutters we kept.
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Fully glazed corner, dressed stone surround and a tiled génoise cornice: the new work reads as though it had always been there.
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New beams bedded against the stone wall: the extension leans on the old building without altering it.
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Roof covering stripped and a steel frame set on the existing roof structure, which was kept.
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Strip-out and opening of the load-bearing wall under shoring: this is the stage that decides all the rest.
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Your project

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How we work

The detail

01

The order of operations

Shoring, opening, structure, roof covering, services, finishes. Swap two stages on a load-bearing wall and you weaken the building.

02

The junction

Dressed stone surround, génoise cornice rebuilt like for like, sill lined up with the existing wall. The junction is the first thing anyone notices — or never notices at all.

03

Light

Corner glazing, a continuous sill, two elevations opened up: an extension is above all a way of letting the daylight in.

We work in Nice, across the Alpes-Maritimes and right along the French Riviera

NiceAntibesSaint-Jean-Cap-FerratBeaulieu-sur-MerCap d'AilValbonneSaint-Paul-de-VenceMentonVenceRoquebrune-Cap-MartinCannesMonacoVillefranche-sur-MerÈzeMouginsSophia-AntipolisCagnes-sur-MerGrasseLe Cannet

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Let's bring to life

Tell us about your project: we will come back to you within 48 hours for a first conversation and a visit to the property. Survey and site visit free of charge in Nice and across the French Riviera.

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